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East Foothills, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95127. It stands on Miguelita Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle. 6,803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

East Foothills within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1889 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Foothills, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of East Foothills, surveyed 1889

Population over time

2 figures

East Foothills fell from 8,269 to 6,803 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,269
20206,803-1,466 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of East Foothills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 753 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSanta Clara UnitROCK
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitFELTER
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSIERRA
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionQUIMBY
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFELTER
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSOTO
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitMARSH RD / FELTER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of East Foothills: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Calaveras Road PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fredrickson-WetsonStoneProducer
Fredrickson-WetsonStonePast Producer
QuarryStoneProspect
Roggasch Bros. QuarryStoneUnknown
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Alum Rock1.2 miles27
Berryessa2.3 miles32
Wayne4.3 miles29
Heinlenville (historical)4.6 miles28
San Jose5.0 miles28
Chinatown (historical)5.0 miles28
College Park5.1 miles28
Evergreen5.2 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on East FoothillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1277862The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867015. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.